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Chomsky is one of the most vocal critics of the [[United States]] foreign policy.  Some of his criticisms are:
 
Chomsky is one of the most vocal critics of the [[United States]] foreign policy.  Some of his criticisms are:
 
#The overthrow of democratic and secular leader [[Mohammed Mossadegh]] in Iran and replacement with the Shah, a brutal dictator in 1953 (Done by the US and the UK)
 
#The overthrow of democratic and secular leader [[Mohammed Mossadegh]] in Iran and replacement with the Shah, a brutal dictator in 1953 (Done by the US and the UK)
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#The overthrow of social democrat Jacobo Arbenz in Guatemala in 1954
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#The overthrow of social democrat Jacobo Arbenz in [[Guatemala]] in 1954
 
#The overthrow of democratic socialist Salvador Allende in Chile on 9/11 in 1973
 
#The overthrow of democratic socialist Salvador Allende in Chile on 9/11 in 1973
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#The Dirty War against the Sandinista government in Nicaragua in the 1980s
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#The Dirty War against the Sandinista government in [[Nicaragua]] in the 1980s
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#The backing of a brutal military dictatorship in El Salvador during the same time period
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#The backing of a brutal military dictatorship in [[El Salvador]] during the same time period
 
#Selling weapons to a terror-state ([[Iran]]) to fund another terrorist group (The Contras). (See [[Iran-Contra Affair]])
 
#Selling weapons to a terror-state ([[Iran]]) to fund another terrorist group (The Contras). (See [[Iran-Contra Affair]])
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#Selling weapons of mass destruction to Saddam Hussein during the Iran-Iraq war.
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#Selling weapons of mass destruction to [[Saddam Hussein]] during the Iran-Iraq war.
 
#Supporting the mujahideen which later became al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan in the 1980s
 
#Supporting the mujahideen which later became al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan in the 1980s
 
#Invading Iraq in 2003 against the ruling of the UN
 
#Invading Iraq in 2003 against the ruling of the UN
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(Source: Hegemony or Survival)
 
(Source: Hegemony or Survival)
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However, it should be noted that Chomsky's books are riddled with factual inaccuracies <ref>http://www.paulbogdanor.com/100chomskylies.pdf</ref>. Despite this, all of the above are documented historical events.
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However, it should be noted that Chomsky's books are riddled with factual inaccuracies <ref>http://www.paulbogdanor.com/100chomskylies.pdf</ref>. Some of Chomsky's claims have some elements of truth while others do not.
    
==Linguistic Works==
 
==Linguistic Works==
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